clingy
Example Sentences
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By contrast, when the chatbot acted too clingy—“metaphorically grabbing your arm and saying, ‘No, you can’t leave,’ ” as De Freitas puts it—users bristled, staying only briefly before signing off.
She just didn’t put up with B.S. from guys who were trying to diminish her, call her irrational and insinuate she was clingy.
From Los Angeles Times
“She was always a pack dog, and had to be with people, and with Arthur. But she has been so clingy, and gets so upset to be left alone.”
From Los Angeles Times
The costumes are, on the surface, contemporary: We see an Adidas sweatshirt here, a clingy party dress there.
From Los Angeles Times
Charles says there is a "stark difference" between their sons and that Emaan is a lot more clingy.
From BBC
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